Because of last year’s deadline deals to restock the farm system, there’s been a lot more talk about prospects now than there’s been in many years. It’s really nice to see all of the attention being given to prospects. It’s even better to hear David Stearns talk about youngsters from the farm system needing to [...]
Brian published his Top 50 and we’ve seen several other sites add theirs so I wanted to add my own to the mix. I created my own Top 50 several weeks ago and thanks to Brian and other baseball pundits have revised my list with a number of players I had missed. This list will [...]
Biography: The Mets spent their 32nd overall pick in the 2023 draft to bring aboard a shortstop named Colin Houck. The high school infielder boasted tremendous offensive numbers and athleticism that allowed him to perform as a two-sport athlete. He received scholarship offers from a number of serious schools to continue his football career as [...]
This is the third year where this top prospect list of mine has been done with a tiered approach, rather than an ordered list. It’s my opinion that a tiered list is more valuable than trying to guess which older reliever is better than the others and should rank higher, only for the best one [...]
One of the mainstays of offseason articles is to create rankings and lists of top players in the minors. My annual top 50 piece will be published by the end of the week, likely on Friday. David Groveman is working on his, which will be posted before the start of the minor league season. And [...]
Biography: Christian Scott is currently 24 and will play over half of his 2024 season at the age of 25. This darling of the Mets depth charts is a little old to be a “Top Prospect” but his 19 starts in 2023 were fabulous and have given him a lot of buzz in a farm [...]
Biography: Blade Tidwell spent most of his Age 21/22 season playing for the Brooklyn Cyclones before a late season promotion to Binghamton. The Mets were hoping that Tidwell would show well out of the gate with little other pitching talent on the horizon but his April and May were anything but succesful. In fact, in [...]
How did Mirabito Stadium influence Dominic Hamel, Christian Scott, Tyler Stuart, Joander Sanchez, Blade Tidwell and Mike Vasil?
Biography: Standing in at an imposing 6’3” the second player acquired as part of the Mets deal for Justin Verlander, Ryan Clifford is an intriguing player with a solid ceiling offensively. Clifford is from North Carolina and was drafted fairly low by Houston (the 11th round). He took a signing bonus more typical of the [...]
Biography: The most famous thing about Luisangel Acuna will instantly be his relation to Ronald Acuna Jr. His older brother is one of the absolute best players in all of baseball and it’s possible that he could become an impact player in his own right. The scouting does not indicate that the younger Acuna will [...]
Biography: Last year the first thing I mentioned about Jett Williams was his height. He hasn’t suddenly had a late life growth spurt or started wearing lifts to pad his measurements but perhaps, we are overselling how short 5’8” actually is. Jett Williams cannot be compared to Eddie Gaedel, the shortest player of all time [...]
Biography: We wrote about Parada last season and nothing has changed about his biography except he is another year older and another league more advanced. While watching another Met catching prospect (who is younger than him) ascend to the majors, he spent most of his year in Advanced A. Resume: 2023 was a slightly down [...]